Tuesday, October 28, 2014

I'm thinking of using Winnie the Pooh
I would use:
- a jar of honey
- red shirt
- forest
- a pig
- a rabbit
- an owl
- a bed
- a chateau

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Reflection#3 - Project 2

In our 2nd project, We had to work in quick mask mode, and we had to use masks. In this project we had to put ourselves interacting with the original picture. Layer masks allow you to see with a short look on the layers their effect on the image. Also it allows you to combine two or more different things on one picture. You just have to switch the order.The black color represents the hidden area, the white color represents the part that can show through to the layer beneath, the red color shows you the selected areas that you picked before. 
             During this project in mask mode I used only 3 tools - a brush tool, an eraser tool and a lasso tool. I used brush tool to select the area of a picture that I wanna move somewhere else. I used the eraser tool to eliminate the imperfections of my selection in a mask mode. I used lasso tool to select the top part of my jersey, so I could change the color of this selection, and change the color of a number on my jersey (originally the number on my jersey was white, but I changed the color so it matches with other girls' jerseys). These tools really helped me, my cutout looks more realistic.
              I truly love masks more than lassos. Lasso tool requires high concentration when you are selecting, I'm not the type of a person that can keep calm. I don't need a lasso tool when I have a mask because I can always change the size of a brush and of an eraser.

p.s. fishes feel good!


Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Project 1 prepared us for using selection tools. We practiced using selection tools on pictures of people's heads. We had 3 periods to find a good picture, and edit it. I decided to pick something easy, because I don't want to make my life more difficult, if I don't have to (My life is already difficult and complicated :p). I picked a picture of twins. I was pretty sure that I'm going to do something wrong, but I finished it on time. I forgot what I was supposed to do after I select first head but I did it. If I could re-do this project I would pick more difficult picture so I can challenge myself, and I would like to use different selection tool cause I used the easiest one - quick selection tool.

p.s. today I fed my fishes so you don't have to spend 5 minutes of your life on feeding them :p